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Tufts Medicine’s Anubha Bharthuar, MD, shares what you need to know about chemoprevention—medications that can help reduce the risk of developing breast cancer.

Tufts Medical Center’s ChiHae Kwan, OD, Director of Optometry Services, tips to keep your eyes safe and healthy on Halloween.

Tufts Medical Center’s Reid R. Sacco AYA Cancer Program provides comprehensive long-term follow up care to patients diagnosed with cancer under the age of 40, while also leading national research on the financial hardship associated with cancer.

Lowell General Hospital’s Mary Schmitt, Clinical Genetics Nurse Practitioner, explains how genetic testing and precision medicine are changing cancer care.

Tufts Medicine’s guide to the cancer screenings you need at every age for people with average risk.

Dr. Jill Steinkeler, Medical Director of Breast Imaging at Tufts Medicine Lowell General Hospital, shares what breast density means for your breast health, breast cancer risk and breast cancer detection.

Tufts Medicine’s Dr. Sarah Persing on the benefits oncoplastics, which combines breast cancer treatment with plastic surgery techniques to restore the breast's natural appearance after cancer removal.

Tufts Medical Center’s Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant team has reached an exciting milestone, performing the hospital’s 800th heart transplant procedure in October 2024. “We’re proud to celebrate this milestone and every successful transplantation we have the privilege to perform, said Gregory Couper, MD, Surgical Director of the Advanced Heart Failure Program. “Each heart transplant is an opportunity for a person to live a longer and more fulfilling life, and it means countless more families and friends who get time with the people they love.”

Tufts Medicine’s Shira Doron, MD, Chief Infection Control Officer, Hospital Epidemiologist and Antimicrobial Steward, Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine, on preventing, identifying and treating common seasonal respiratory illnesses.

Congestive Heart Failure affects more than 6 million Americans and is the leading cause of hospital stays in adults aged 65 and older. Identifying CHF in the early stages can prolong your life. Tufts Medical Center’s Medical Director, Cardiac Transplantation, Indranee N. Rajapreyar, MD walks you through the symptoms of the 4 stages of CHF, as well as treatments and prevention.

The Community Walks clinical trial investigates the impact of adapting the environment within Boston’s public housing developments to promote physical activity.

More than half of concussions happen to children while they’re participating in organized sports like soccer, football, cheerleading, gymnastics and baseball. With fall sports season in full swing, parents, coaches and young athletes need to know how to prevent, spot and treat concussions.

Tufts Medical Center’s Chief of Pediatric Neurology, Arnold J. Sansevere, MD is here to help us get smart about what is often thought of as an “invisible” injury.

The Tufts Medicine Center for Health Literacy Research + Practice focuses on reducing health literacy challenges for patients and their families, as well as healthcare and public health organizations and systems.

Tufts Medical Center’s Director of Family Planning Danielle Roncari, MD, MPH, Obstetrics and Gynecology and Associate Professor at Tufts University School of Medicine shares the facts about new CDC recommendations on managing pain during IUD birth control insertion.

Tufts Medical Center’s Andre J. Witkin, MD, Professor of Ophthalmology, board-certified ophthalmologist and vitreoretinal specialist and surgeon, shares how to reduce your risk of developing diabetic retinopathy (DR).

Tufts Medicine’s voice care experts share how you can avoid vocal strain and injury and keep your voice in healthy and strong.

Tufts Medical Center Ophthalmology & New England Eye Center’s Dr. Sylvia Yoo answers your questions about myopia in children and teenagers

A new study being led by Tufts Medical Center and the University of Massachusetts Amherst will deliver HIV diagnostic, prevention, and treatment services to individuals with opioid use disorders in carceral settings.

Understand heart attack signs, symptoms, and prevention. Discover risk factors and learn what to do during a heart attack from the team at Tufts Medicine.

Tufts Medical Center’s Injury Prevention Coordinator shares what you need to know to about common heat illnesses and how to stay safe in extreme heat.